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Mentioned in 22 episodes

The world as will and representation

Book • 1966

The book is divided into four parts.

The first part addresses the world as representation, the second details the world as will, the third discusses art and beauty as the only way to transcend the painful human condition, and the fourth discusses ethics and the ascetic ideal.

Schopenhauer argues that the will is the underlying reality of the world, beyond mere appearances, and that it is characterized by ceaseless striving and suffering.

Mentioned by

Fr. Bonaventure Chapman

Unknown Speaker

Mentioned in 22 episodes

Mentioned by

Derren Brown

in the context of life's inherent difficulties.

685 snips

#776: Derren Brown — A Master Mentalist on Magic, Mind Reading, Ambition, Stoicism, Religion, and More

Mentioned in the context of Schopenhauer's criticism of Stoics, imagining an intellectually dull person.

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Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer

Mentioned by

Daryl Cooper

when describing the books that Hitler carried with him during the war.

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#25 Enemy: The Germans' War, ep. 1 - We Are The War

Mentioned by

Simon Critchley

in relation to his philosophical ideas on music.

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How to feel alive

Recommended, specifically 'The World as Will and Representation', for its sublime philosophical concepts.

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Juan Branco : Empoisonnement ?

Mentioned by

Douglas Rushkoff

in relation to the concept of will preceding reality, as discussed in

Mitch Horowitz

's book.

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Mitch Horowitz

Mentioned by

Breht

as a book that had a seminal impact on Nietzsche's intellectual life.

39 snips

Philosophy Series: Nietzsche and the Death of God

Mentioned by

Jack Symes

in relation to humans as devils and animals as tortured souls.

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#2193 - Jack Symes

Mentioned by

Jacke Wilson

in relation to Tolstoy's philosophical influences and contrasting views on history.

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621 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Mentioned by Matthew Segall and

Breht

in relation to German transcendental idealism and his integration of Buddhist ideas.

23 snips

Process & Reality: Alfred North Whitehead, Process Philosophy, and Organic Realism

Mentioned by the podcast host as a work rendered obsolete by scientific progress.

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85: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, pt. 1 - Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus

Mentioned by

Miroslav Volf

when discussing Nietzsche's concern with Genesis 2-3 regarding innocence, idleness, and immortality.

18 snips

Amor Mundi Part 3: Loving Our Fate? / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures

Mentioned by

Fr. Bonaventure Chapman

in a discussion comparing philosophical figures.

14 snips

What Nietzsche Got Right

Mentioned throughout the podcast as the central figure whose philosophy is being discussed.

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The Wisdom of a Pessimist – Arthur Schopenhauer

Mentioned by

Unknown Speaker

when discussing Nietzsche's critique of Schopenhauer's followers and their interpretation of his philosophy.

The Gay Science #9 (II.98-II.107)

Mentioned as Schopenhauer's main work, expressing a lack of worldly hope.

Amor Mundi Part 2: Hating the World, Unquenchable Thirst / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures

Paired with Pascal in Nietzsche's 'Journey to Hades', contrasting Schopenhauer's pessimistic resignation with Pascal's tortured faith.

95: The Journey to Hades

Mentioned by

Christopher Wallis

to explain the concept of divine will in Shaiva Tantra.

The Three Effective Methods

Mentioned by

Victoria Hutchins

as a work that theorizes that attraction is irrational and based on what is biologically optimal.

The Philosophy of Love

Mentioned by

Simon Critchley

in relation to Nietzsche's views on nihilism.

Simon Critchley, "The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology" (Verso, 2014)

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